Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Betting Tips and Predictions
Tip Overview
Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Predictions & Betting Tips
Afghanistan (AFG) and Bangladesh (BAN) will be up against each other in the Super 8 match of the Men’s T20 World Cup.
Monday, June 24 (Tuesday, June 25 in India). The Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent will host the encounter.
Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan are in with a realistic chance of making their way through to the semi-final. They kept their hopes alive after beating Mitchell Marsh’s Afghanistan by 21 runs. Gulbadin Naib won the Player of the Match award for picking up 4 wickets, including the one of Glenn Maxwell, who scored 59.
Bangladesh, on the other hand, are still in with a mathematical chance of advancing to the next round. Having lost both their matches to Australia and India, the Tigers need to win their last game to have any chance of making progress.
Head-to-Head Record Afghanistan vs Bangladesh
Afghanistan have never beaten Bangladesh in T20 World Cups. In their only meeting back in 2014, the Tigers beat the Afghans by 9 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
After bowling the opposition out for 72, Bangladesh chased down the target in 12 overs. Shakib Al Hasan won the Player of the Match award for his figures of 3.1-0-8-3.
Key Match Factors – AFG vs BAN
- The pitch in St Vincent is expected to be tricky for batters with the average score being around 125.
- Spinners and fast bowlers will make hay on pitches conducive for bowling
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s role at the top order is going to hold a lot of importance for the Afghans
- If Bangladesh could separate Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran early, they could put Afghanistan under pressure.
AFG vs BAN Betting Tips
- Afghanistan have odds of 1.651 to win their next game.
- Rashid Khan to pick up most wickets in the match with odds of 4.500.
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz to score runs in the match with odds of 4.750.
Afghanistan to win the match – 22Bet – 1.651 odds
Afghanistan will go into their last Super 8 match against Bangladesh as the top favourites with odds of 1.651 with 22Bet India. The Afghans have troubled the Tigers in the past in T20Is with the head-to-head record at 6-5 in their favour. The concerning stat for Bangladesh is that they have lost their 4 T20Is against Afghanistan while playing away from home. The Afghans will undoubtedly have the psychological advantage over Bangladesh in the next game.
Bangladesh defeated their Asian rivals by 6 wickets when the teams last met in 2023 at the Sylhet International Stadium. Shakib Al Hasan won the Player of the Match award for his all-round performance.
Bowler to pick up most wickets in the match – Rashid Khan – 10Cric – 4.50 odds
Rashid Khan is expected to be the standout bowler against Bangladesh with odds of 4.50 with 10Cric. In the ongoing T20 World Cup, the leg-spinner made a slow start, but has found his rhythm with time. In 6 matches, he has picked up 10 wickets at an economy rate of 6.16. After picking up 3 wickets against India, Rashid finished with figures of 4-0-23-1 against Australia to show his class.
Rashid has had his fair share of success against Bangladesh as well. In 10 matches, Rashid has taken 18 wickets at an economy rate of 5.50. Barring a solitary match, Rashid has taken at least a wicket in the other 9 T20Is against the Tigers. His best figures of 4-0-12-4 came back in June 2018 in Dehradun.
Batter to score most runs in the match – Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 10Cric - 4.750 odds
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has a chance of becoming the standout batter in the upcoming match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh with odds of 4.750. Gurbaz is currently the leading run-scorer in the tournament, having racked up 238 runs from 6 games at an average of 39.66 and a strike-rate of 141.66 with 3 half-centuries and a top score of 80 to his name.
On current form, Gurbaz is most likely to tear apart the Bangladesh bowling unit. However, he has a mediocre record against the Tigers in T20Is, having scored only 67 runs from 7 T20Is at an average of 9.57 and a strike-rate of 97.10 with a top score of 29 to his name.
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